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From: jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck)
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 4 Apr 1996 03:02:21 GMT
Organization: Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA 94043-4033
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Stephen Knilans <stephenk@netcom.com> wrote:
>>Name ****ONE****!  So far, I haven't heard ONE legitimate reason!
(why Linux isn't suitable for commercial use).

peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu (Peter Berger) writes:
>Here's one:  14% utilization of UDP bandwidth, best case.
>
>If you don't understand what that means ... I'm not surprised.

Which kernel version did you test?  What processor?  What kind of test did
you run to get that number?  Once that's settled (assuming this is a
legitimate result), perhaps the Linux implementers can comment on whether
this is still a problem with current versions (1.2.x and 1.3.x).




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-- Joe Buck 	<jbuck@synopsys.com>	(not speaking for Synopsys, Inc)

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